Death tax fight poses wrong
questions
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
How America reacts to the
proposal to do away with the inheritance tax will say
a lot about whether we are losing the battle for
freedom in this country.
Middle school sexuality takes the
wrong bus
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
At the June 19 Fayette County
Board of Education meeting, school board member Woody
Shelnutt asked Superintendent John DeCotis to look
into the possibility of establishing a new policy
addressing parental notification for certain
violations to the student code of conduct.
Estate tax repeal popular with
everyone except Clinton
By BILL
AHERN
Tax Foundation, Guest Columnist
The House has voted once again
to phase out the federal estate and gift tax. The
1999 tax cut vetoed by President Clinton included the
phase-out of the so-called death tax, but this year
the estate tax phase-out was separated from other
measures and passed by more than a 2-1 margin.
EnvIro-waterers, nature rules
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Oh, the irony of these
“naturalist“ hypocrites. Let me explain.
For years now, all I ever hear is how all these
so-called suburban nature lovers care so much about
the ecosystem and how we need to keep things the way
they are supposed to be. Then why are all these same
people watering their lawns? Now that nature has
decided to be cruel and give us this drought, why are
these nature lovers going against what nature is
trying to do?
Letters to
the Editor
What happened to men who signed the
Declaration?
Have you ever wondered what
happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of
Independence?
School nurse issue: Board must keep
parents involved
Gov. Roy Barnes tackled the huge
job of reforming Georgia's public education system
this year. Grabbing newspaper headlines were spicy
debates over teacher tenure and statewide testing.
But buried deep in the 155-page reform bill,
overshadowed by the bigger debates, was a smaller but
equally important issue: school nurses.
Bonds rates and tax allocations:
It's the clueless consulting the clueless
On May 11, the AJC tells us that
the Henry County school board had just sold $32.7
million of 30-year bonds with an annual interest rate
cost of 5.21 percent; less than a month later, on
June 7, The Citizen tells us that the Fayette County
commissioners had just sold $55.25 million of 30-year
bonds (for the courthouse and jail) at an annual rate
of 5.968 percent. Why are the Fayette County citizens
paying an extra three-fourths of 1 percent (which is
well over $400,000 a year)?
GRTA editorial belongs in 'fallacy
portfolio'
Your editorial, “Federal
tentacles slip into your subdivision,” will be
part of an “Informal Fallacy Portfolio”
that I must complete for my Critical Thinking class
at CCSU.
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